Violin-bridge.



T. HARDING.

VIOLIN BRIDGE.

APPLICATION rum) OUT. 21, 1910.

1,041,465. Patented Oct. 15,1912.

INVENTOR WITNESSES m: ATTORNEY THOMAS HARDING, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

VIOLIN -BRIDGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

Application filed October 21, 1910. Serial No. 588,377.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known-that l, THOMAS I'IARDING, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Jose, in the county of Santa Clara and State ofCalifornia have invented a new and useful Improvement in Violin-Bridges,of which the following is a specification in such full and clear termsas will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same. J

My invention relates to a violin tubular bridge, used for the purpose ofsupporting the strings of a violin and other stringed musicalinstruments; said bridge having a tube by which the tone of the violincan be changed.

It consists in certain details of construction which will be morefullycxplained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which thesame letter of reference isap plied to the same part throughout.

Figure '1 is a side View of the violin bridge. Fig.2 is a perspectiveView of the same. Fig.3 is an end view. Fig. is an end View. Fig. 5 isan end view.

In the present case I have shown my device sflnsisting of a violinbridge made of Wood or any other suitable material, having a round tubeas shown at A, Fig. 1, which may be made any size required and anythickness desired to change the tone of violin or any other stringedinstrument upon which the same may be used.

Square tube violin bridge shown at A, Fig. 2, round tube shown at A,Fig. 3, oval tube shown at A, Fig. 4 and oblong tube shown at A, Fig. 5can be made of wood or any other suitable material and any size requiredand any thickness desired to change-H; 4 6;

the tone of violin or any other musical instrument that the same is usedon. I

I d not confine myself to any particular shape or size of tube to beused in said violin bridge to change the tone of any stringed musicalinstrument to 'which the same is used upon.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Pat-- ent of the United States is as follows:

A violin bridge provided with. a tubular aperture extendinglongitudinally the entire length of said bridge, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have set my hand this 15t-hfday of October A. D.1910, in the presence'of two subscribed witnessesl THOMAS HARDING:

itnesses -J. B. CAMBERS, M. W. SHARP.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

